beloved woman who was shot dead in the northeast deli that she owned. the latest on the search for her killer, and the way a devastated community will remember her today. >> words of warning if you're headed out of town this weekend or trying run the usual errands. major work on the beltway may have you changing your route. plus, the crackdown on a busy stretch of road that runs through our area. fox5 news at 7:00 starts right now. there it is, maybe lucky 7s for the national harbor. it's friday, june 15th. welcome to fox 5 morning news. this is a look at the commute well underway on what is shaping up to be a beautiful day. >> and it's friday! yea. >> good morning, i'm will thomas. >> i'm alison seymour. gwen talbart is in today. tucker is taking a couple of days off. gwen, you've had the best

weather week ever. >> thank you, tucker! we don't have stormy weather to talk about, so that is going to be very nice today for everybody. we've got a little bit of humidity that's kicking in, so be prepared for that. and a few clouds. really, other than that, it's going to be fairly pleasant. yesterday we reached 83 at reagan. 81 at dulles. 82 at bwi. now it's 64 degrees at national. our humidity is up 84%. not too bad now, because the air temperature isn't that high. once the air temperature gets higher, the humidity will make it feel a little uncomfortable. light northerly wind flow at 6 miles per hour. so for today we're talking a high of 81 degrees. mostly sunny skies and light winds. few more clouds kicking in as we move through into the late afternoon, evening hours. that will set us up for a few clouds on saturday. i want you to know the weekend is looking fabulous. great day ahead for father's day. i think you're going to love the five-day forecast.

let's check in with lauren demarco. >> we are doing kind of rough in prince george's county on the beltway. had a serious crash involving a tractor-trailer. skyfox remains live over that scene, still working to get this cleared up and out of the way. folks now able to use the two right lanes and the right shoulder to get by the crash. thank you to skyfox for keeping us up-to-date. you'll see the delays stretching now nearly 5 miles. it's stacked up to get past that scene. trying to see if there are delays reported on route 50, none of our wazers are reporting that. looks like you can get onto the beltway from 50 without issue at this point. little bit of orange there headed southbound. that's the inner loop. you are dealing with rubber

necking delays. trafficland, northbound 95, dale city. 395 not much of an issue now. 66still jammed out of manassas. president obama campaigns in new york city. the commander-in-chief attended a star studded fundraiser at the home of actress sarah jessica parker and her actor husband, matthew broderick. >> it was expected to bring in a lot of money for his campaign and came after he campaigned in the state of ohio. fox's doug luzader is live with more on the busy day on the campaign trail. doug. >> reporter: good morning, guys. 50 people forked over a collective $2 million last night to have dinner with the president, the first lady, and sarah jessica parker. this is about as close as you could get to president obama last night, unless you were willing to pay $40,000 a piece

to attend the dinner at sarah jessica parker's manhattan home. >> the president was on my street, so that was cool. >> reporter: cool for the president, too. capping off a long day campaigning. in ohio, it was all about the economy and attacking republicans. >> the regulations designed to protect consumers and workers, they promised to not only keep all the bush tax cuts in place, but add another $5 trillion in tax cuts on top of that. >> reporter: the president didn't outline new proposals in cleveland, but he did speak for 54 minutes. mitt romney tried to steal some of his thunder with his own event in cincinnati, saying the president's policies were following the path of europe. >> actions speak loud. if you want to see the results of his economic policies, look around the country and you'll see a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: today romney will launch a bus tour of important swing states, six of them, over

the next five days. democratic party is looking closely at that itinerary. they'll have their own bus following romney every step of the way. back to you guys. >> doug luzader live on the hill. thank you. president obama is hosting a reception later today in honor of gay pride month. this comes weeks after the president declared his support for gay marriage. for the first time ever the pentagon will commemorate lgbt pride month. the department of defense is planning an event the next couple of weeks. an openly gay prosecutor has been appointed a judgeship. he was honorably discharged as a navy pilot because of his sexual orientation. legislators pointed to that defiance as a reason that he should not serve. the appointment was left to the circuit court because the

general assembly failed to fill that seat. details regarding the firing of university of virginia's president. the faculty senate has passed a resolution expressing their disapproval of the decision. it expressing the faculty's strong support of sullivan. secondly, the "washington post" reports today the board's decision was not unanimous as some believed. the post said three board members were not made aware of the campaign to remove her as president until late last week. now to our big local story, mgm is looking to take a gamble on the state of maryland. >> that is a big deal, right? the world's leading gaming industry is interested in operating a casino at the national harbor in prince george's county. this morning, that is where fox 5's sherri ly is joining us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, will, good morning, allison. it's a pretty sure bet now that a casino project is going to be

announced today here at national harbor. there is a press conference scheduled at 11:15 this morning in annapolis. the developer, the peterson company, would only say it's a major hospitality and gaming company. but we do know mgm officials are meeting with the governor and maryland senate leaders this morning, signaling this impending deal. mgm spokesman says it's interested in building a high end casino here. the governor would have to call a special session as he indicated he would in july to pave the way for a casino. prince george's county executive likes the possibilities. >> we want a destination resort for prince george's county, because that's where we'll have

the economic benefit. i think this speaks well of it. so we're excited. >> reporter: anne arundel county is concerned about losing business, but there was an independent study released this week that says the state could raise as much as $161 million more by adding a sixth casino as well as that table gaming. that announcement expected in a few hours from annapolis that a proposed casino will be coming to national harbor. that's the latest here. back to you. we are following a developing story out of the district. that's where police are on the hunt, the suspect accused of shooting and killing a beloved northeast business owner. her name, june lim. she was found dead notice grace deli on h street early yesterday morning. fox5's maureen umeh has a

closer look at what happened. >> reporter: d.c. police combing h street thursday night looking for clues to catch a killer who took the life of 65- year-old june lim, the owner of the deli. >> they had no reason to take her life. >> reporter: it was lim's custom to come alone to the deli on the corner of 7th and h street to open up around 5:00 or 5:30 every morning. her husband of 40 years had told her it was potentially dangerous. >> don't look at them. just give to them. >> reporter: she was found thursday morning by one of other employees. police believe someone may have followed her inside the deli, and shot her in the neck, killing her. police say the gate to the deli was partially open and they believe robbery was the motive.

>> particularly hard for myself and my wife, because we were expecting our first grandchild this year, so she will miss the birth of the first grandchild. >> reporter: we are attempting to determine what exactly is missing from the establishment. at this time i can't discuss that further. >> reporter: lim put in 12 hours a day. some called her grace, like the name of the deli. one employee says she treated him like family. >> me and my wife and daughter, she's always there for us. anything we ask, she help us. food, anything you want, take it. >> reporter: detectives are looking to see if a camera in or outside the store captured anything that could lead to a suspect. the person who took a mother and wife away from her family and friends, leaving them all devastated.

>> right now a live look outside lim's store. you can see flowers left on the security gate. some of her customers are planning to hold that vigil in front of the store around noon today. they're hoping to uncover clues that will help catch the killer. major development in the so- called potomac river rapist case. another sexual assault was linked to the suspect, already accused of nine other attacks in d.c. and montgomery county, decades ago. police say the latest assault linked him -- was linked to him happened in july of 1996 #. last year the fbi started a public awareness campaign to drum up tips on the suspect. >> looks like that campaign has worked. good. the jury in the jerry sandusky trial gets the day off. this follows some of the most graphic testimony so far in his case. we're going live to pennsylvania coming up next for an update on where the case stands. >> and if you don't like your week day commute, this weekend

might not be much better for you. coming up, where road work and a police crackdown could slow you way down. plus challenges for metro commuters. >> lauren demarco is back with an update. gwen talbart is here in for tucker today with all t on your forecast. you might just like it. time now, 7:12.    

the jury in the jerry sandusky penn state abuse case has the day off. they return monday to hear more testimony. >> the court has heard from eight accusers who prosecutors plan to call, including very graphic testimony yesterday. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. now a day off, especially for the defense, but the defense also taking this day to work on

their strategy for next week. the attorney for sandusky says he's working into the weekend to get ready for monday when he calls his witnesses. could it be jerry sandusky? we're hearing that's a possibility. could it be his wife? that's a possibility as well. maybe even some young people that sandusky knew as a character witness that would say things about him unlike what the alleged victims are saying. one thing we know is that they are going to continue going after some of the testimony of the alleged victims as well. the attorneys saying that some of the alleged victims are in this for financial gain and some hiring criminal attorneys -- civil attorneys, not criminal attorneys and they say that's unusual in a case like this as well. >> dave, you've been all over this case. in opening remarks, the defense indicated the jury might hear from sandusky. are your experts saying he might take the stand as maybe a

hail mary pass? >> reporter: it's something his attorney said was likely in opening statements and it's certainly a possibility. we don't have any definite answer on that now. it would be one of the most compelling points in this case. >> thank you so much. that's dave kinchen. thank you so much, dave. we're learning details about the will left behind by late penn state coach joe paterno. his family released details of the will thursday, yesterday. he left his personal property to his wife, sue, and established a trust for the remainder of his estate. the documents don't state how much paterno nor his estate were worth. the hall of fame coach died of cancer in january. turning to weather now, . >> what is this from? >> from last night raising

money for the museum. >> it goes so well with my outfit. >> sarah might want it back. >> if you gave it to sarah, i'll put anti-bacterial on it. how is the weather today? >> nice day ahead. little bit of humidity kicking in. sky conditions under the influence of a ridge of high pressure, and that will leave us with plenty of sunshine. a few high clouds later. 83 yesterday at reagan. 81 at dulles. 82 at bwi thurgood marshall, where we should be. humidity at 79% now. and northeasterly wind at 7 miles per hour. the humidity will be up again into the court of the afternoon, and -- course of the afternoon. 81degrees under mostly sunny skies with light winds. great weekend ahead. 82 saturday, with a few clouds. and on sunday, plenty of sunshine, great father's day at

83 degrees. we have a great looking five- day forecast as well and i'll show you that later. >> thanks, gwen. >> gift for date. that's nice. lauren demarco standing by, got a look at the roads. >> good morning, allison. things pretty ugly today on the roads in prince george's county the outer loop of the beltway we've been telling with a mess. live look, still heavy and slow leaving route 4 pennsylvania avenue. passing ritchie marlboro road, everybody creeping by. not something you want to sit in if you don't have to. closer to the scene, the accident actually occurred on the outer loop prior to route 50. the closer you get, the better things look. you can get by using the two right lanes. and traffic can use the right shoulder. outer loop in montgomery county, looking not too bad this morning, maybe because folks are tied up in prince george's county. 95 northbound in virginia, you're going to find stretches

of heavy traffic from dale city to springfield. main lanes rough off and on. 395 looks okay. 66 heavy here leaving route 50 fair oaks. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. more for drivers now. avoid the beltway around the telegraph road interchange this weekend if you can. starting tonight through monday morning, telegraph will be closed north and southbound between the beltway and duke street for bridge demolition. major work going on there. several ramps on the beltway will be closed in that area. and staying on the roads, a major one that cuts through our region will be under a watchful eye this weekend. police in pennsylvania, maryland, virginia, and north carolina are beefing up enforcement on route 15. it is called operation border to border. here's the deal, 15 runs through frederick county, maryland, and loudoun county, virginia, in our area. three deadly crashes on 15 in

both counties so far this year. reminder from metro that the new rush plus fan goes in effect monday morning. this is new configuration of orange, blue, yellow and green trains to allow faster service into downtown d.c. metro reminds riders to make sure they look for the destination on a train's front sign, not just the color. >> i like the graphics on that. time now is 7:21. still ahead, two air force pilots being remembered for their service decades after their deaths. >> and check this out, professional motocross riders taking to the dirt in maryland. our annie yu is in the middle of all the action. might want to stay to the left. >> get out of the way. >> later, a local pro will join us live to talk about his successful career. >> we should say that to the photographer, too. when mitt romney says

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a maryland man accused of murdering his roommate and eating parts of his body is facing a new charge. a grand jury has indicted the 21-year-old on an attempted murder charge for an tack of a separate victim. he's accused of hitting a woman on the head with a baseball bat and knocking that person out days before he allegedly killed his roommate. nine people in virginia are recovering this morning after high carbon monoxide levels were found in an apartment complex in fairfax county. fire officials believe the gas may have come from a faulty stove. residents complained of headaches, but all of them are expected to be all right. later this morning an american air force pilot shot down during the vietnam war in 1966 will be buried at arlington national cemetery. the remains of lieutenant colonel charles walling were found in 2010 and were recently identified. about 100 family and friends

are in d.c. for his funeral set for 7:15. also will be an air force fly by in his honor. also honored the pilot of the cia spy plane. he'll be awarded a silver star. it's a late honor for powers who spent two years in a soviet prison before getting exchanged for a top spy. the military's most powerful weapon has oxygen problems and two members of congress saying new information from the air force shows the oxygen deficit is worse than first thought. 26 incidents of oxygen deprivation for every 1,000 hours of flying. the pentagon says it's getting close to identifying the cause of that problem. time now is 7:26. coming up right here on fox 5 morning news, a big series

starts tonight for the nats. and we'll tell you what they were doing when they weren't playing, it happened last night. >> d.c. leaders looking for a way to get the d.c. council's reputation back on track, this following the latest scandal that resulted in the resignation of former chair kwame brown. coming up, tim craig is in studio to talk d.c. politics. >> and as we take you to the break, we're giving you a live look outside. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from gwen and lauren next. it's 7:27.    

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in sports, the nba finals are tied at one game a piece. the miami heat beat the oklahoma city thunder last night, 100-96. lebron games scored 32-points. dwyane wade added 24 points. game three is sunday night in miami. to baseball now, a huge series this week for our first place, can i say it again, first place washington nats. they take on the yankees tonight. i think the pitch is about 7:05. that will start a three-game series. >> nats are off to their best start in franchise history and riding a six-game winning

streak. they were off yesterday. instead, the team joined captain brian zimmerman for his third annual a night at the park. this even benefits multiple sclerosis. zimmerman's mom has the illness. zimmerman has raised more than $400,000 since he's been doing the event. >> fantastic. in the 9:00 hour i'm going to put on my sports cap and we're going to talk to one of the owners and speak to one of the big bosses behind the scenes. don't you wonder what's it like now having a winning team? i don't think anybody expected this. it was sort of a building process for them. i imagine the stands are often filled these days as well. 9:00hour today. >> thanks, will. we look forward to that. in the meantime, gwen has her

wonderful forecast. beautiful forecast. fan tabulous, i made that word up. and going to be great for father's day. you have to expect a little bit of humidity today. already started to kick in. the difference is, feeling it now is a lot different than feeling it later in the day when the air temperature is higher. humidity definitely will be one of the factors today. lots of sunshine as well. ridge of high pressure is in control. and a great father's day is what we have ahead for the weekend. next week the heat is back on. temperatures will be on the rise. definitely you're going to want to pump up the ac. not too many clouds today. more clouds later in the evening and tonight. otherwise, mainly sunny skies for this afternoon. current temperature, 67 at reagan national airport. humidity at 79%. light northeasterly wind flow. elsewhere temperatures now, 66 at fredericksburg. 67 at annapolis.

64 at baltimore, and the same for hagerstown. 63 martinsburg. boston at 61 degrees. 65 for new york city. and 60 to the south at raleigh. temperatures pretty much even. ridge of high pressure continuing to build in, setting us up for sunshine. dry conditions as well. a few clouds today. tomorrow, a few more clouds in the mix. but still, the day will be very pleasant. great day to get outside and enjoy it. the same story for your sunday as we head into father's day. for today, temperatures in the low 80s pretty much everywhere. no shortage of sunshine. humidity will be creeping through. be aware of that. might want to go to the beach and try to cool off a little bit. ocean city water temperature for the weekend, about 70 degrees. plenty of sunshine. 72 to 75 overall for the temperature. five-day forecast showing you winning weather across the board into next week. and by tuesday, that's when we start to see the temperature rise, sunday for father's day,

mother nature is giving a great gift, plenty of sunshine and 83 degrees. >> i like that, mother nature giving a gift for father's day. thanks for that. prince george's county, big issue this morning, our hot spot. let's look, it was an accident involving a tractor-trailer. as you travel the outer loop still, jammed up for miles. the delays beginning on route 4 pennsylvania avenue for the accident which occurred prior to route 50. this is the scene at 202. very heavy and slow there. let's move on to trafficland. traveling 66, jammed out of manassas. 95 northbound slowing through dale city. no problems to report on 270. nice, easy trip. 95 and bwi parkway looking good between beltways in maryland. far right you can see the

delays on the outer loop of the beltway through prince george's county. and traffic from the bottom of pennsylvania avenue, rhode island avenue as you head inbound. i want to mention that we've got some metro delays expected this weekend. plan an extra up to 20 minutes because of traffic work that we'll be experiencing on the blue, orange, yellow and red lines from 10:00 p.m. tonight till close on sunday. marion berry says the d.c. council has turned itself into a laughing stock and one of his colleagues was driven to tears wednesday, when they picked an interim chairman who replaces kwame brown. joining us with a look at what the heck is going on with the council, tim craig who reports on d.c. politics for the "washington post." tim, good to have you here. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm good, thank you. let's talk about the council. seems like one black eye after another. some would say a big embarrassment. >> been going on two years.

and especially the last six months where you had two council members resign due to ethical scandal and problems. wednesday, this past wednesday was supposed to be the day the council tried to move beyond that. they were electing a new chairman, a new leader and try to restart their image, start off again fresh. what happened instead, they got in this horrific battle -- >> it was ugly. >> it was very ugly. i've been following the council more than three years now, and that's the worst i've seen it in anger and hostility. making mocking comments, trying to tear down their political opponent. i think a lot of people were distressed about the direction the council is moving. >> let's talk about what went on wednesday. we have some sound ready to go. the first piece of sound is vincent orange, he was really making a play, a, for chairman. didn't get that. then he went for pro tem, going after michael brown. let's roll that if we can. >> i'm the best. i'm the best.

today, vincent bernard orange, senior, is the best candidate for chairman pro tem. the best. >> now on the surface, that doesn't sound bad. but part of what happened, he held up an article and went on the attack against michael brown, didn't he? >> he was pounding his hand on the desk and he really was raising his voice in a pretty, you know, it was a politically hostile exchange with brown. orange argues he's better suited for the job and says brown has had past problems with ethics and with paying his bills and taxes on time. >> but was this the forum to point this out? if it's at a time when the council is trying to move past the so-called black eyes, what did you make of that? >> i think what a lot of council members would have preferred, this be done behind closed doors and you come to a

consensus and you come out for the public and this is how we're moving forward. this is how it's done in other venues. this time it was a public display and battle that i think a lot of business leaders wondered what kind of image is this sending about the district of columbia? >> let's move on to marion berry. no stranger to d.c. politics. let's roll some of his comments. >> this has been the most serious governmental crisis, most serious and shut downs and everything else. the only thing i can think of that's more serious than this, was 9/11. >> that comment made headlines, that's for sure. >> yeah. i'm not sure what mr. berry was thinking. pretty rough time for the district. but we've had plenty of other -- pretty rough times in the city government in politics. at least one which, he was

directly responsible for. >> this brings me to my next question, first of all, covering d.c. politics, i guess you're never surprised what comes out of his mouth. what you see is what you get. and perhaps it's one of the reasons he's embraced by his constituents. jack evans had choice words for mr. berry. >> if anyone was here during the vista hotel type situation, you would see a turbulent time. >> jack evans reminding us of a rather dark past. >> yes, and mr. evans went on to mention a few others as well. i think that shows the personal nature the debate took on wednesday, is that really members didn't hold much back. they were going after each other in a personal political battle. with an election looming for chairman in november, can they pivot to a more stable environment, or is this going to accelerate from now until the election? mr.orange may be running for chairman in the fall.

>> the last piece of sound i have, alexander holding back tears. >> and -- i'm sorry. [crying] please forgive me. but we have to stay together up here and stop fighting. we can agree to disagree, but i'm sick of it. we work hard for this city and please stop all of the backbiting and foolishness, and let's move forward. >> tim, you would agree a lot of people feel like ms. alexander. we've got to move past this. it's an embarrassment. your final words on the situation? >> i think ms. alexander shows this is weighing on members heavily. tough time for the city and council. there are some indications it could continue to get worse as investigations continue and a

special election looms. >> i think a lot of people looking to mendleson to calm things down and get the council back on track. tim craig, good to have you here. >> thank you very much. >> allison, over to you. thanks so much, will. whitney houston's mother isn't the only person writing a book on the superstar. well known gospel singer is sharing his memories. we'll have more on that when we come back. time now is 7:41. that wen. add flavor to your day with dunkin's new breakfast burritos, with fire-roasted veggies and delicious steak. try one today.

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fingers are pointing after a nightclub brawl involving chris brown and rapper/singer/actor pect. witneinesses say the artists we fighting over rihanna. but both parties deny that claim. tmz posted pictures at the club, where you can see glass from broken bottles all over the floor. the woman at a club there also we after a bottle hit her in was d >> let's hope so. they are to successful to be doing this. the female victim, it's too graphic to show on the air, it's on tmz's web site. she got knocked up bad. people moving away from her on

the seat on the train. it's horrible. >> oh, my goodness. >>an little bit more positive now? >> let's do it. >> let's sayof us to dominique knot. honor roll student. and her 15th birthday a mmer. >> it was a downer. >> nice to turn it around. >> hap birthday. i'm going to keep the good stuff going, because we have weather to talk about that will be pleasant for the weekend and enjoyable and you can get outside and really enjoy the day, and the weekend. not many clouds to talk about today. a few high clouds. otherwise, doing well. ridge of high pressure that's in control. that's going to dominate our weather pattern through into next week. here's your current temperatures, 67 degrees at reagan national airport. 65 at dulles. 64degrees at bwi thurgood marshall. humidity is a bit of a park for

today and already it's at 79%. it's down from what it was earlier. was 87% earlier. with the air temperature at 67, probably not feeling it as much. will be park of an issue in the afternoon hours and we head to the low 80s. for today, 81 degrees. mostly sunny, with light winds. as we move through into the weekend, we'll be looking great. today's planner, 78 degrees by midday. by the 5:00 hour, we'll be at 80 degrees. father's day is spectacular. i can't wait to tell you about it later. >> thank you, gwen. let's see if the roads are spectacular. >> spectacular. >> lauren, good morning again. >> i want to switch with gwen today, because we've got a bit of a mess on the beltway. i want to give the good news. traveling the outer loop of the beltway, heavy and slow through prince george's county. as you make the trip from pennsylvania avenue, route 4 here past 214, central avenue, all the way to route 50 you are

jammed up. it's because of an accident involving a tractor-trailer. everybody moving over to the right while they work to get it cleared. route 50 itself not much of an issue traveling inbound, you can meet up with the outer loop after the accident scene. it's not really a problem. let's take a look at trafficland, new york avenue, continuing inbound you'll find delays. things not too bad at blade ensburg. 295 itself, and i-95 in maryland running well between beltway. beltway in montgomery county no real issues for you. brief delay getting past new est motocross ue. riders are racing on a local track this weekend. >> annie yu is live in southern maryland this morning. >> reporter: good morning, allison and will. it is a beautiful morning here in southern maryland. we're live at budds creek raceway, where they're about to kick off the 22nd annual

national. it is a major competition. we're going to find out why you don't want to miss it this weekend coming up on saturday. stick around on fox 5 morning news. 

7:52. welcome back. the 22nd red bull budds creek national is in town this week. >> pro racers in all over the world, the world, will, will be hitting the dirt and competing to become the next champion. our annie yu is learning more about motocross and the competition. >> the pink is perfect, annie. >> reporter: all right, guys, rule number one today, it is extremely loud over here. so no funny jokes, because i can't hear very well. we're live here, and it's about an hour drive from d.c., south of d.c. it's a beautiful

morning here. we have the motorcycle guys out here. also joining me is brandon short, the spokesman for the event going down tomorrow. good morning, brandon. >> good morning. >> reporter: for those who aren't familiar, fill us in and what's it all about? >> this is the world's premier motocross championship. this is going to be the red bull budds creek national. it's our 23rd year coming here. the world's best riders from all over saturday going at it. going to be great. full day of action. >> reporter: explain about how the competition works. >> we travel throughout the country. we started about a month ago, and we'll go through september. we go it 10 different states for the 12 rounds. basically all these guys compete every weekend, accumulating points. at the end of the season we'll crown champions. >> reporter: awesome. a lot of the racers will be joining us. name some of the guys we can

expect to see this weekend. >> ryan duny is the guy everybody should keep an eye on. he'spoints leader and he'll be a guy you want to watch. also marvin musscan. we have a ton of guys. this is the place to be for motocross. anybody, come out, you'll enjoy it. >> reporter: this course, been here for a very long time. every year it's held here? >> correct. every year, been the fifth round for a few years now. we come here every year, and this is one of the best tracks we have, absolutely. >> reporter: what do people need to know when they come out saturday? >> they need to be ready to enjoy amazing action. something you've never seen before, maybe. something that you'd be open to just experiencing. it's like a festival out here. you come, spend the day, relax on the lawn, and watch guys do

their thing. they're highly competitive. they're going real fast. it's awesome. >> reporter: we're supposed to have great weather. and i understand thousands of people are here, so you might want to get out here early. let's try to see if we can flag one of these guys down here. i want to see if we can get a driver. so when you come out here, general admission is $40, and $20 for kids. you find a location along this route? >> correct. you can kind of see, anywhere you see the fence line, all the grass, it's open seating. find the best spot, line up on the fence and get close to the action or find shade and chill out. absolutely. >> reporter: every time they pass by, my heart skips a beat. >> really nothing like it. >> reporter: you have to experience this firsthand. let's see if we can get one of these guys to join us over here. what do you think? oh, my goodness. do you see that? here we go. who do we have here?

this must be tony archer, everybody. did you just come down from your house? i know you live down the street. >> yeah, about 20 minutes away. >> reporter: you're from waldorf? >> yes. >> reporter: you've been riding here since you were 10, right? >> 8, 9 or 10. >> reporter: it's close to your heart. tell us how you got started. >> pretty much when i was around 8 or 9 my dad bought me a bike, and i seemed to be pretty good at it, so we kept going within it and it was -- with it and it was fun. >> reporter: thank you for stopping by. you can join your boys there and show us your skills. if you want to come out saturday, it's tomorrow only, $40 for adults. twenty dollars for kids ages 6 through 11. it is quite the experience. definitely don't want to miss out. back to you in the studio. >> annie, thank you. coming up next hour, sarah simmons joins allison. i'll see you again at 9:00. beat the streets is a

program and we'll talk about that this morning and find out what it's about. >> plus, nearly three years after the fort hood massacre in texas some of the victims are speaking out for the first time. their call for justice is ahead at 8:00.  i'm drinking dunkin'. medium iced, cream and sugar. dunkin' iced all day long. dunkin' keeps me going. it gives me the boost i need. dunkin' iced keeps me moving and grooving. i run on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee.

straight ahead on fox 5 morning news, in the 8:00 hour, one of the biggest names in gambling is taking a bet on prince george's county. we'll have a live report. >> plus, president obama rubs elbows with some of the biggest stars in the movies and music. we'll tell you how much the white house raised from a pair of fundraisers and what is on tap today. >> later, it's time to break out the natitude. we have a preview of tonight's east coast interleague baseball battle. good friday morning. i'm alison seymour. >> and i'm sarah simmons. tony perkins has the morning off. let's get to gwen talbart and get the weather. starting off to be a gorgeous day. >> going to have a nice day today. more humidity than yesterday. still have the sunshine. temperatures will be where they should be. we're going to be doing fairly

well. here's a look at our satellite radar. ridge of high pressure in control and that's keeping the clouds pretty much out of the way. plenty of sunshine today. a few clouds. it's currently 67 degrees at reagan national airport. 65 at dulles. 64degrees at bwi thurgood marshall. starting out fairly mild. the humidity kicking in a little bit as well. 79% humidity right now at national, with a light northeasterly wind at 7 miles per hour. for today our temperatures will be in the low 80s. 82 at fredericksburg. 82 manassas. 82 hagerstown and 80 at martinsburg. weekend planner, great weekend weather, especially for father's day sunday. few clouds saturday. will build in a little bit tonight. still, going to have a fair amount of sunshine. 82degrees. on sunday, 83, nice day. humidity will be a factor today and will hang around a little

bit into the course of the weekend. be prepared for that. planning maybe to have a barbecue outside grilling with dad sunday, that's a very good suggestion. >> i love that father's day graphic. let's say hello to lauren demarco and get the latest on traffic. >> i'm psyched, because i'm spending father's day with my dad at nats park. nice weather. we've been dealing with heavy delays on the outer loop of the beltway approaching loop 50. that's because of an accident involving a tractor-trailer. two left lanes remain blocked as they try to clean that up. this is the scene at ritchie marlboro road, delays stretching back from before route 4 pennsylvania avenue. let's take a look at waze, you can see this, heavy and slow on the outer loop. inner loop heavy from the bw parkway because of rubber necking. also checking out delays inbound new york avenue and

pennsylvania avenue heading east in the downtown area. moving to trafficland, 95 not too bad today. you have some slowdowns briefly out of dale city and here to get into newington. no problems across the 14th street bridge. pace improving on 56, leaving route 50 fair oaks. thank you. a d.c. community in mourning after a beloved business owner was found dead inside her store. june lim who was 64 years old ran grace deli with her husband. around noon today, her customers are planning to hold a vigil in front of euncover cl that will help catch her killer. an employee found her inside the deli yesterday morning. police say she was shot and they believe it was a robbery that may have been the motive here. they're still looking for the

suspect now. mrs.lim was three weeks away from her birthday, and also three weeks away from becoming a grandmother. new this morning, another shooting in northeast, blocks away from yesterday's murder. d.c. police tell fox 5 they are looking for whomever shot a man in the arm early this morning. this happened along the 2200 block of g street northeast. still no word on the suspect. no word on a motive. almost a sure bet now that a deal is coming for mgm to build a proposed casino at national harbor. >> an announcement scheduled for a few hours. fox5's sherri ly is at the proposed site with the developments on today's huge story. good morning. >> reporter: huge to say the least. mgm has told fox 5 it is very interested in building a casino right here on this empty lot overlooking the waterfront here

at national harbor. at 11:15 this morning the developer here, the peterson company says it will be holding a press conference with what it called a major international hospitality and gaming company, and that it would be making a significant announcement about a resort casino here at the national harbor. the proposed casino would sit on the plateau at national harbor. state lawmakers would have to approve a 6th casino in the state and table gambling. but governor o'malley has said he would call a special session on gambling in july if lawmakers had a consensus. mgm says the region offers millions of potential customers and is watching the developments closely. voters would have to give their vote in november and support is mixed. >> bringing money to the county, if it's helping out the students and education towards the kids of prince george's

county, i'm all for it. >> look what is happening. people meeting people out here. you can walk, you can ride. anything you want. you enjoy it, and got a number of people. i don't think the casino would be good. >> reporter: one of the biggest opponents to a casino at national harbor is maryland live, the newest casino to open in the state. it's concerned about losing business. however, an independent report issued this week found a sixth casino and table gaming in the state could actually raise an additional $161 million. that press conference again between the developer here at national harbor and mgm is expected at 11:15 this morning. it's in annapolis in front of the state house. allison, to say the least, this is a major first step in bringing a las vegas style national harbor. >> sherri ly, thank you. the jury in the jerry

sandusky sex abuse trial has the day off. but monday lawyers for the former penn state football coach will begin their defense. the prosecution rested its case yesterday, after calling three more accusers to the stand. one alleged victim says he screamed for help while sandusky raped him in a basement. but he says his cries for help went unanswered by sandusky's wife who was home the entire time. police in prince george's county need your help finding a man they say sexually assaulted a teenager in temple hills tuesday. here's what he might look like. police say he forced two sisters in a wooded area at gunpoint and assaulted the 15- year-old. the victim's older sister fought bath and the suspect took off. last seen around 11:00 near easy street and kingston drive. the fbi launched a campaign

last year to find the so-called potomac river rapist from the 90s. it involved creating a web site and putting the suspect's picture in metro advisements. he's wanted in sexual assaults on eight women and one murder. last year a woman came forward saying she was raped in 19916 and after testing the forensic evidence, investigators have linked the new assault with the others. fresh off a fund raising trip to new york city, today president obama will dine with supports and celebrate gay pride. yesterday the president delivered an economic update during a speech in the swing state of ohio. then, last night, he flew to new york city to tour the new freedom tour. he rubbed elbows with hollywood a listers with a fundraiser hosted by sarah jessica parker and her husband. the president raised more than $4 million from the events. and mitt romney sets off

today on a bus tour that will take him through six states. his aides say the bus trip is an effort to sway undecided voters outside of big cities. the tour begins this morning in new hampshire and this afternoon he stops at an ice cream social in millford. first for the pentagon. later this month, the department of defense will commemorate gay pride. the move comes months after the military tossed out the don't ask don't tell policy that banned open homosexuals from serving. topping today's other stories now, the massive wildfires out west, now crews are fighting to contain the fire which has scorched more than 80 square miles. so far, they've contained about 15% of it. last night the flames jumped across a river, that sparked dozens of new evacuation orders. it's the third largest in the state's history. it's a friday morning, and

still ahead on fox 5 morning news, a firsthand look inside the massacre at fort hood, texas. for the first time ever, staff sergeant shawn manning is speaking. >> wait until you hear how much raising a child now costs. pretty penny, i'm sure. >> yes, it is. first, though, a battle between the beltway and the big apple. we're talking baseball next.    

making headlines in the sports world now, the d.c. nine riding high. tonight the nationals welcome the yankees. they head into the series with good momentum, too. they have won six straight, propelling them to their best start in franchise history. the home team is 15 games over .500. lebron james scored 32 points and hitting clinching

flee throws with 7 seconds left. the two teams face off for game three sunday night in miami. time to check in with gwen now. going to be a pretty weekend it looks like. >> it is. first i have something nicer that i'm going to share with our viewers. it's time for our fox 5 first photo of the day. >> adorable. >> his great grandmother tells us he loves remote controls, so much in fact the family has to hide every one in the house. she says he's a walking and running terror. >> funny. oh, you can tell. >> looks like he might be in trouble behind the wheel. >> he is adorable! >> he's really cute. >> love those cheeks, don't you allison? we're happy to have james and share him with you today. to send us your child's picture, go to myfoxdc.com and click on mornings so we can

show your little one. he's ready for the road. weather-wise, i hope you're ready, because we have nice weather on tap today. plenty of sunshine. ridge of high pressure is our weather maker and keeping the skies fairly clear. up to 69 degrees now this hour. and humidity at 70%. a light northeasterly wind. the humidity will be a factor into the course of today. maybe not so much now, because the air temperature is not that high. as we get into the afternoon and we head towards the low 80s, that's when you'll feel it. elsewhere, 57 degrees at gaithersburg. 68 baltimore. 69 annapolis. 67 fredericksburg. 68 frederick. 67 dulles. and 66 degrees at culpepper. midday today, around 76. and 5:00 hour, 80. high is expected to be 81 degrees. ridge of high pressure will hold us through the weekend.

as we get ready to prepare for father's day, wow, have we got great weather for doing anything you want to do outside. a few clouds on saturday at 82 degrees. but sunshine at 83 for sunday. let's check in with lauren and see how traffic is going. >> southbound loudoun county reports of a wreck blocking a lane. still dealing with the accident on the beltway in prince george's county. i can tell you the good news is, now down to just one left lane blocked. this is an accident involving a tractor-trailer, occurred on the outer loop prior to loop 50. everyone is backed up, delays beginning before route 4 pennsylvania avenue. and also got delays on the inner loop, rubber necking delays, beginning from greenbelt. montgomery county, heavy and slow past new hampshire avenue. no accidents or incidents to report.

270 looks good. no issues heading from rockville toward the split. beltway in virginia, inner loop stacking up heading into annandale. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. sarah, over to you. thank you, lauren. president obama will spend the weekend in chicago, but that doesn't mean his campaign is taking the weekend off. chris wallace joins us now live from capitol hill with a look at what he's working on. good morning. >> good morning. >> of course we know campaign can never take time off. especially not now for president obama. there's been a series of bad economic news that's come out, as well as political misstatements on his part. i imagine the senior advisor to the president you're having on will have a few things to say about it. >> yeah, he is the senior advisor in the white house, and was the campaign manager in 2008. big picture, this is a dead even race. i think if you had to say who

is up and down to assign arrows, i think romney is up. first of all, the fundamentals of the economy, unemployment, 8.2%. only 69,000 jobs created last month. kind of a shaky rollout for the campaign. unforced error, the private sector is doing fine. meanwhile romney seems to have found his footing. again, going to be a close race until november. but now i think romney, the challenger, doing a little bit better than the president. we'll talk about all of that sunday. we'll also talk about the national security leaks and the demand for an investigation to that. we'll talk to a former cia director, as well as the chairman of the homeland security committee, joe lieberman. gets to the famous question, this the 40th anniversary of watergate, what did the president know? >> those two attorneys

appointed by eric holder and been questions how independent are they and are they the people to do this job to investigate? >> that's right. obviously this information came from people inside the administration. people who were inside the situation room, and the question is can two people working for the obama justice department investigate this? interestingly enough, there are a lot of democrats back when george w. bush was president in a somewhat similar situation who were demanding independent counsel. >> power player you have coming on, a big power player, director of the correct congressional budget office will be on your show sunday. >> i expect if you were walking down the street you wouldn't recognize him. but he's a big deal. in a town that is just paralyzed with politics, they score, they give their analysis of what any bill that is up through congress, health care,

stimulus, what's it going to cost. and a no partisan, they tell it like the numbers call it. as they say, let the chips fall where they may. >> chris wallace with fox news sunday, thank you so much. chris, before i let you go, i want to ask you real quick, have you gotten a blue tooth for your vehicle yet? i had to ask you about the getting pulled over while on the phone. >> let me say this folks, because i'm from washington, if you're driving and you have your cell phone, you're going to get pulled over just like i did yesterday while i was talking on the radio to st. louis. thanks for that, sarah. >> i'm sorry, chris, i had to say something. it's happened to the best of us. you're not the only one, trust me. chris, thanks. good luck on sunday. we'll see you coming up 9:00 a.m. after our show on fox 5. time now is 8:20. still ahead on this friday morning, the rising cost of raising a child. we're going to tell you how much you're going to need to save if you're thinking of starting a family. >> plus, where can you find

high flying action this weekend? we're going live to the budds creek motocross championship. i think you can find it there. >> first, though, final preparations underway for one of a kind trip over niagara falls. would you do that? >> no! ♪ because you're mine, i walk the line ♪ [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen

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over niagara falls. he will wear a tether. >> they don't want anybody to see if case something goes wrong. i don't care, tether or not, some scary fall. >> coming up, or now, the c of raising a child in the united states is at a high. >> parents can expect to spend up to $235,000 over the next 17 years. that's 3.5% higher than in 2010. if you include inflation, the government says the real number could be more than $295,000. yeah. and that does not include, check it out, college costs. >> what? >> in 1960 the cost was less than $14,000 per child. i would like as a parent of three, i would like to see the breakdown. what exactly is that? seems like it's high. >> the candy bar at the checkout lane. >> exactly. >> miscellaneous. >> overpriced designer clothing, because i have a solution for that stuff. time now is 8:25.

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time now, 8:29. metro says thefts in the transit system doubled in the first three months of the year. the "washington post" is reporting reports of thefts jumped up to 239 from january to march. that's up 119 from the same period last year. police say the part of the rise is due to snatching and pick pocketing and it's because so many commuters now have portable devices and phones. mgm, one of the world's leading gaming industries may be getting ready to build a casino at national harbor. an announcement is scheduled if a few hours in annapolis, and

it's where mgm officials are meeting with the governor and state lawmakers this morning. for the deal to go through, maryland lawmakers would have to allow a sixth casino in the state. on the campaign trail, romney is launching his first general election bus tour in new hampshire. over the next five days he'll visit six key swing states and as he crosses the battleground states, the democratic national committee plans a companion bus tour stopping ahead of romney in each place he visits. 8:30 now. couldn't ask for a better forecast for the weekend. it might make you feel 100% better. >> i'm much better than i was. >> that's good. >> after my two-week stint of sick leave. >> and i have vacation coming up, by the way in a couple of weeks. i'm just not working this month. >> you're doing all you can to help out. >> i am. i'm bringing the sunshine your way, sarah. will be sticking around for the weekend. maybe the warmer weather will

help her feel better outside. who knows. we've got plenty of sunshine today, because the ridge of high pressure is keeping the clouds pretty much at bay. that ridge will start to break down a little bit as we move into a little bit later on tonight. we'll end up seeing a few clouds starting to skirt their way through. not too much to be concerned with. it's still going to be very pleasant. here's where we stand now. 69degrees at reagan national airport. 70% humidity. with the humidity you'll kneel it more as the temperatures start to rise. now it's probably not too bad. northeasterly winds at 7 miles per hour. the winds have been fairly light and will continue to be so through the day. 67 dulles. 68 at manassas. 64 at gaithersburg. 66at cumberland and 64 at winchester. heating up in the deep south. as we move into the week, we'll benefit from that, because we'll see all this southerly

air push up the mid-atlantic. rising temperatures next week. we'll really see our temperatures head to the upper 80s or maybe even warmer. in the meantime for today, low 80s pretty much everywhere. expecting our daytime highs to stick close to the seasonal average. with the sunshine, it's going to be a nice day outside if you have any plans at all. for today, mostly sunny with light winds. 81 my forecast high. tonight, mostly clear, then becoming partly cloudy, with 63 degrees for the overnight low. as far as the weekend is concerned, for father's day, looking wonderful. saturday, 82 degrees. few more clouds. we have plenty of sunshine on sunday for father's day at 83. want to get the grill out, make sure you do the cooking, not dad. monday and tuesday, very nice. tuesday, a hotter day. let's check in with allison. later this summer the man accused of killing 13 people at fort hood in texas will face a trial by a military tribunal.

now for the first time, staff sergeant shawn manning who was shot six times speaks about the massacre on that november day in 2009. >> i remember, you know, him shooting as fast as he could possibly shoot. he had a tactical laser on the bottom of his weapon. >> what would that do for him? >> make it easier to aim and hit targets. the first shot hit me in the left chest. >> how close to the heart? >> it was the first round, so i'm guessing had to have missed my heart by maybe a centimeter or two. >> that exclusive interview will air tonight at 10:00 on fox news channel's fox 5. good morning, how are you? >> allison, good morning to you. good to be with you, thank you. >> so interested in seeing these series of interviews. i'll ask you to please bring the viewers up-to-date on the tragic events that unfolded on november 5, 2009. >> almost three years ago, coming up three years this

november in the fall. it's remarkable to think the case has not moved much more than it has already. what you're going to see in this exclusive premier, for the first time, allison, victims of that shooting talking and speaking to us on camera about what they went through on that fateful day, 13 dead, 43 wounded. the reason why they're talking is because they believe there is an institutional problem within the u.s. military that has not been fairly addressed and if it's not addressed very soon, that something like this they fear could happen again. the issue is major nadal hasan constantly and continuously promoted up the chain of command, up the ladder, despite the fact he had shown tendencies towards ideology within the military that should have been red flagged and was

not. we're going to talk to a couple of u.s. senators who say if you're not going to identify the problem here, then you cannot find a way to solve the problem. we're going to take you indepth on this story for the first time many people have not seen, frankly, allison. it is a fascinating hour i encourage all americans to watch. >> we saw a little bit from the clip that we showed just about that day and the people who were right there on the front lines of a different kind, shot by really one of their own within the ranks, at least, and when you talked with sergeant manning, what is he feeling today, now that he's removed from it a little bit? is there still that frustration there? what are his feelings? >> he was a newly wed when it happened. he was married one month. he's a changed man. in all the wrong ways, also. he has two bullets still in his body.

he suffers with this on a daily basis. he wants justice and justice for him in order to be satisfied is the death penalty, as you will find out in our program later tonight. had a tough life. also our crew went out to idaho who talked to george stratten, joined the army at the age of 18, and the amount of trauma this man has gone through, allison, it will really rock your world. the stack of medical files he has for appointments and prescriptions that he has been given just to get through day- to-day. it really tugs your heart out. but again, the reason they're talking is very specific. they want to make sure there is no one else in the u.s. army or u.s. military for that matter who has to experience what they experienced. they were shot by someone wearing the same uniform as they did. they expected this perhaps in afghanistan where they were soon to be deployed or perhaps

iraq. but not on post in texas. >> bill, we look forward to this. you can watch this exclusive interview at 10:00 tonight. thank you so much. >> thank you, allison. time coming up on 8 # 37:00 now. a little later, taking the fight against street violence to the streets of d.c. how one group is taking action. >> first, a rock star, folk hero and a broadway diva, we're going to introduce you to the inductees into the song writers hall of fame. stay with us. have usdarocess veried progra for fresh, all natural chicken. our chickens are not fed steroids or hormones. [ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free. we're trying to make a better chicken. there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ?

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it is my goal to make the highest quality, best-tasting nugget on the market. i want consumers to go, "dang, that's a good nugget." happening today, two former metro workers convicted of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the agency learn their punishment. horace dexter mcdade and john vincent hale face up to 30 years in prison when they are sentenced today. drivers should expect changes as one of the toughest traffic spots. today the national parks service will begin adding more signs and rumble strips to memorial circle. the work is expected to last

all summer long. keep that in mind. finally, tom cruise will try to take over the box office again. he stars as stacy jacks in the silver screen adaptation of the broadway musical "rock of ages," which hits theaters today. >> we will see. it was a star studded night in the big apple. dozens of celebrities spent the evening in new york city for the hall of fame induction ceremony for song writers. bette midler, the divine bette midler, was honored with a lifetime achievement award. bob seger was inducted into the hall of fame. r&b artist neo was presented an award given to young song writers. neither of those women were neo. time is 8:41 on this friday morning. coming up next, beating the

streets. how the district is trying to bring communities together to stop street violence. >> they're hitting the dirt in maryland. our annie yu is live in mechanicsville live. >> reporter: if you think this is exciting now, wait until tomorrow when you come out and experience this firsthand. they're gearing up for the budds creek national. by tomorrow, this place will be packed with motocross enthusiasts from all over the world, here to see some of the top racers in the world to compete for the title. we'll be chatting with some of the champions after the break, so stay with us on fox 5 morning news. 

it is a mini celebration in the streets to bring the community together. beat the streets is a program that hopes to reduce violence in neighborhoods throughout our city of d.c. joining us with more information is one of the organizers, gary clark, sr.. also is ms. tye with the performing arts center. tell me about beat the streets. >> it's a program that was

created by officer arthur douglas and assistant chief grooms of the police department. they thought by reaching out to the underserved communities we could provide for the community homeland security, health and human services, humane society. it's a day of entertainment and reaching out to the community to serve the community and save lives, that is the key thing. we found the numbers of deaths and suicides and things of that sort in the city were growing. but now with this program, we see people come out and they get touched by what's happening. >> you're taking the arts into many of the wards in the city, right, six different wards? >> six different wards. >> you set up at rec centers? >> in the streets. in the middle of the streets. >> okay. >> our next event is this evening from 3:00 to 7:00. we'll be at 14 #th and saratoga

avenue. we have the show mobile stage, and we put entertainments on it and all the vendors, you can't think, i mean, so many vendors. >> it is a celebration, like a festival. >> it is. but more importantly than the party and festival, it's a place where individuals in those communities can come out and get information on how to better take care of themselves and some of them can't get to different agencies. >> sure. >> so we bring the agencies to them. >> did i read some 30 different nonprofits and other resources come out to your event? >> absolutely, absolutely. they get to interact with the different magazines, community. it's a hands on thing that officer douglas has created. myself along with many other organizations have come together in supporting metropolitan police with this program and reaching out to the community. it is important we formulate

unity in our community and it starts with young people like maya and the young people you see here today. they come out and perform and people love it. we touch the base of senior citizens, young adults and youth. >> fantastic. all the information will be on our web site. we're going to link the performances. i want to talk to you for a second. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having us. >> tell me who you have. >> we are vision performing arts company, a nonprofit organization in the washington metropolitan area. basically our goal is to provide performing arts opportunities for young people that are affordable for working families. >> what are we going to see today? >> well, we are performing a very popular song, "proud mary," by tina turner. >> love it. all the information is on our web site. here you go, my dear. we want to now see what you're going to get when you come out for these free performances.

♪ left a good job in the city ♪ working for the man every night and day ♪ ♪ and i never lost a minute of sleep and i was worrying about the way things might have been ♪ ♪ big wheels keep on turning ♪ ♪ proud mary, keep on burning ♪ rolling, rolling, rolling on the river ♪ ♪ rolling ♪ ♪ rolling ♪ ♪ rolling on the river ♪ ♪ do, do, do, do, do, do, do ♪ ♪ ♪ rolling, rolling, rolling on the river ♪ ♪ rolling, rolling, rolling on the river ♪ ♪ rolling, rolling, rolling on the river ♪ ♪ rolling ♪ rolling, rolling on the river ♪

[ applause ] >> all right! very good, guys. i wish i had the chance to say good morning and introduce each of you. i will just say wonderful singing. >> awesome. allison, we'd like to present you, this is our official t- shirt for the beat the street program. these are badges. you can come out. >> thank you. >> you can get back stage with these passes. >> thank you. >> and this is the nonprofit that is supporting the metropolitan police and we ask everyone to come out and be a part of the beat the street program. it is also suicide prevention, many organizations and resources are coming out to help. we need everyone's help. >> we appreciate everything you are doing. young people, you're doing a great job. we appreciate each of you. and thank you, my dear.

>> you're welcome. >> sarah, over to you. thanks. if you're looking for high flying action, head over to budds creek raceway. it's where we find our annie yu this morning, learning more about the motocross competitions going on tomorrow. >> reporter: we're out here in southern maryland, and tomorrow they're kicking off a big, big competition. i have to tell you, if you come out here, my best advice is wear your tennis shoes and get ready to get a little dirty. motocross is a rough and rugged sport. nobody knows that better than the guys joining me now. we have ken and marvin, both champions in europe. good morning. >> good morning to everyone out here in maryland. >> reporter: this is your first time to budds creek raceway? >> i've been here in 2007, but not racing. just been watching the other guys ride. >> reporter: let me ask you, what does it feel like to be known as one of the world

champions? >> it feels good. i'm proud. feels good. now i move to the u.s. and good to be here. >> reporter: how did you get started in racing? >> my dad used to race, my brother. older than me, 28 years old, and i'm 22. >> reporter: i'm sorry, what did you say? i got lost in your accent. it's so beautiful. when someone is interested in a sport like this, how does somebody take their career further? >> i have to say it depends on the parents, too. if they want it, it makes things easier. but a lot of people, a lot of kids have a lot of potential, but their parents are not behind it. i think that makes a big difference, and once everybody agrees with riding, i think it comes. have fun and going from there. >> reporter: how often are you riding and practicing? >> there's a difference in winter time, offseason, you practice and ride more. now in the season, you

basically ride one to two times. and also other training like cycling and running. >> reporter: real quickly, i want to talk about your biking gear. how much does this bike weigh? it's got to be tough, because you have to control it and you're leaping in the air. how much does this weigh? >> this bike weighs couple hundred pounds. little bit over. actually, because of the engines, it's not like a bicycle. they're really light. totally different thing. easy to ride for us. i think a lot of people, you know, they can handle it pretty good. yeah, that is important also, good race gear. >> reporter: what also is important is the race gear. let's talk about what marvin has on now. >> pretty much every rider, we start off with boots. we have boots for saving the ankles and everything. they're really stiff. pretty much every rider has to have them. it's really important. then we have the knee braces for your knees right here.

of course we have the pants for that. and underneath the jersey we have a chest protecter here. >> reporter: i noticed that. this is like a mesh, ventilated? >> yeah. it's plastic. there's a lot of different materials you can get. some of the racers get really hot. some people have the neck brace there. i don't. depends what you feel comfortable with. and of course we ride with the helmet, goggles and gloves. >> reporter: it's really safe, unless you fall off, right? >> yeah. i mean, safety is important. what is safe? everything is kind of dangerous. walk over the street, and you're like, trip over something. >> reporter: but you love it? >> yeah, i mean, you need a lot of luck, too. it's crazy, and i think that's the kick. i really like it and i think a lot of people like it too. >> reporter: you are some of

the fittest athletes in the world. thank you for joining us. if you want to come out here tomorrow, it kicks off at 1:00. there are some opening ceremonies beginning at 12:30. forty dollars for adults and $20 for children 6 to 11. wear your tennis shoes, people, because you will bet dirty. back to you in the studio. >> thanks. time for friday's facebook fan of the day now. today we say good morning to katina alexander posey. >> there she is. >> celebrating the last day of school in fairfax county. a lot of kids are excited i'm sure. she can't wait to see her kids' faces when they see mom on tv during breakfast. fun story to start the summer vacation on. congratulations to you. for your chance to be monday's fan of the day, go to our facebook page and leave a comment under katina's picture. we'll be right back. lysol invites you to take the dual action wipes challenge.

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good friday morning. i'm alison seymour. >> i'm will thomas. a lot coming your way on this friday morning. mgm giving the owners of the maryland live casino a run for their money. could we see a little bit of los angeles in prince george's county soon? sherri ly is live with how lawmakers are responding to a push for a casino at the national harbor. >> then, the nats are on fire. they take on the yankees tonight. can they keep up their winning streak? the ceo is in the house weighing in on the stellar team. >> later, don't worry if you don't have your father's day gift picked out. we're going show you presents you can make yourself. i don't think i'd be safe doing that. but they are safe and fun for the kids. >> speaking of father's day, be sure to stick around for a special ask allison today. many of you know, i say it all the time, i